Musician List

This index refers to the 247,325 individual jazz musicians (1,538,059) included in over 266,860 recording sessions detailed in The Jazz Discography Database as of February 2025.

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Musicians who wish to have their listings updated are asked to submit full discographical data as per the following list – Please submit this information for each release you wish to have added to the database:

  • Leader name and country
  • Album title
  • Musicians including instrument(s) played
  • Recording location(s) (city) and venue if a live recording
  • Recording date(s)
  • Tunes played (as listed on release)
  • Record label name and release number [LP, CD, Download]
  • Country of origin of Record label

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First Name Last Name Instruments Sessions Recording Years
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AustinByrd
  • Paino
  • Org
42013 - 2016
BillByrd
  • Drums
21965 - 1965
BobbyByrd
  • Vocals
  • Org
  • Paino
  • Background Vcl
  • El-p
651956 - 2007
Bobby Byrd
  • Bass
21979 - 1979
Bobby Byrd
  • Vocals
11998 - 1998
CarlByrd
  • Drums
11971 - 1971
CharlieByrd
  • Guitar
  • El-g
  • Tipple
  • Arrangement
  • Acoustic-g
  • Spanish-g
  • Spanish-g
  • Vocals
1281952 - 1999
CuthbertByrd
  • Alto Sax
41920 - 1920
D.C.Byrd
  • Vocals
11982 - 1982
DavidByrd
  • Fhr
21980 - 1981
DebbieByrd
  • Vocals
21975 - 1975
DeborahByrd
  • Vocals
11989 - 1989
DebraByrd
  • Vocals
11994 - 1994
DickieByrd
  • Congas
11975 - 1975
DonaldByrd
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Vocals
  • El-tp
  • Paino
  • Pocket-tp
  • Backing Vocals
  • Cnt
  • Cond
  • Hrns
2271948 - 1995
EddieByrd
  • Drums
131939 - 1946
EricByrd
  • Paino
  • Vocals
  • Keyboards
161999 - 2015
GeneByrd
  • Bass
  • Guitar
21962 - 1981
GinnyByrd
  • Vocals
21958 - 1959
Ina BelleByrd
  • Tenor Bass
51944 - 1946
JacobByrd
  • Reeds
12008 - 2008
JamesByrd
  • Drums
11949 - 1949
JanaByrd
  • Alto Sax
11996 - 1996
Jason MilesByrd
  • Vocals
12009 - 2009
JerryByrd
  • Guitar
251952 - 1999
Jerry Byrd
  • Steel-g
41952 - 1953
JoeByrd
  • Bass
  • Guitar
  • El-b
  • Vocals
501962 - 2006
JohnByrd
  • Speech
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
11929 - 1929
JosephByrd
  • Arrangement
41977 - 1977
KeishaByrd
  • Backing Vocals
12007 - 2007
LizByrd
  • Gamelan
11998 - 1998
NolanByrd
  • Drums
42013 - 2018
RalphByrd
  • Guitar
  • Rhythm-g
41975 - 1995
RichByrd
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
32000 - 2009
RichardByrd
  • Okonkolo
  • Congas
  • Vocals
21980 - 2000
RotimiByrd
  • Drums
  • Djembe
11986 - 1986
RudyByrd
  • Percussion
11992 - 1992
SamByrd
  • Drums
  • Toys
  • Vocals
  • Turntable
  • Percussion
21990 - 1994
SteveByrd
  • Guitar
  • El-g
21975 - 1975
Vicky AndersonByrd
  • Backing Vocals
12007 - 2007
WarrenByrd
  • Paino
  • Vocals
  • Keyboards
  • El-p
141994 - 2023
WinstonByrd
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
111992 - 2011
DavidByrd-Marrow
  • Fhr
32011 - 2019
HowardByrdsong
  • Drums
12001 - 2001
IngaByrkjeland
  • Cello
22019 - 2022
BillByrn
  • Bar
  • B-cl
  • Sop
111974 - 1982
BeverlyByrne
  • Vocals
21946 - 1946
BillByrne
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
551965 - 1987
Bill Byrne
  • Alto Sax
  • Bar
  • Woodwinds
  • Clarinet
  • Saxes
  • Sax
101970 - 1996
BobbyByrne
  • Tenor Bass
  • Arrangement
  • Ldr
  • Cond
  • Vocals
1451935 - 1966
BrianByrne
  • Keyboards
12007 - 2007
CormacByrne
  • Bodhran
  • Percussion
12011 - 2011
DavidByrne
  • Backing Vocals
11992 - 1992
DeeByrne
  • Alto Sax
  • Comp
  • Effects
  • Electronics
112015 - 2024
DerryByrne
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Hrn
201994 - 2024
DonnaByrne
  • Vocals
121989 - 2005
EdByrne
  • Tenor Bass
  • Percussion
  • V-tb
  • Vocals
111974 - 2000
EddieByrne
  • B-tb
  • V-tb
  • Drums
41952 - 1973
FranByrne
  • Drums
31973 - 1983
GregByrne
  • Percussion
21999 - 2003
HaroldByrne
  • Cond
  • Arrangement
11946 - 1946
HelenByrne
  • Cello
11997 - 1997
JimByrne
  • Drums
11985 - 1985
PatByrne
  • Guitar
12001 - 2001
PaulineByrne
  • Vocals
21937 - 1940
RobertByrne
  • Tenor Bass
131937 - 1960
RodByrne
  • Paino
52001 - 2003
ShaunByrne
  • Arrangement
12016 - 2016
StuByrne
  • Reeds
12007 - 2007
StuartByrne
  • Bar
  • Reeds
  • flautist
  • B-cl
  • Saxes
  • Pic
42002 - 2015
TomByrne
  • Guitar
21998 - 2012
TonyByrne
  • Guitar
11985 - 1985
WilfByrne
  • Bar
11965 - 1965
WilliamByrne
  • Reeds
11968 - 1968
ShirleyByrne Brown
  • flautist
21974 - 1975
BrendanByrnes
  • Drums
11996 - 1996
JimByrnes
  • Vocals
42007 - 2017
RickByrnes
  • Tuba
11981 - 1981
SholtoByrnes
  • Bass
12010 - 2010
TedByrnes
  • Percussion
12011 - 2011
TimByrnes
  • Trumpet
72000 - 2007
TommyByrnes
  • Rhythm-g
12010 - 2010
PaulineByrns
  • Vocals
11939 - 1939
LarryByrom
  • El-g
  • Guitar
  • El-p
111977 - 1988
KerryByrom-Carter
  • Backing Vocals
  • Vocals
21991 - 1998
DonByron
  • Clarinet
  • B-cl
  • Bar
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sax
  • Cond
  • Sop-cl
  • Percussion
  • Saxes
  • Vocals
  • Arrangement
  • Voice
  • Comp
  • Mar-eroica
  • Reeds
  • Sop
  • Backing Vocals
1261984 - 2022
Don Sr.Byron
  • Bass
12002 - 2002
DonaldByron
  • Bass
11967 - 1967
GeorgeByron
  • B-tb
11977 - 1977
JamesByron
  • Guitar
12004 - 2004
LordByron
  • Guitar
11945 - 1945
LouisaByron
  • Violin
12019 - 2019
MichaelByron
  • Paino
11980 - 1980
PauletteByron
  • Vocals
11937 - 1937
RosemaryByron
  • Violin
12004 - 2004
VernonByron
  • flautist
21970 - 1970
HenriByrs
  • Paino
11981 - 1981
AndrewByrt
  • Viola
11997 - 1997
BubBysouth
  • Bj
11952 - 1952
AsaBystrom
  • Trumpet
11983 - 1983